written in his Book That is a vain attempt that course once take Thy soul thou'lt wound work for sorrow make There is enough in Christ and none shall die But such as do not to that refuge flie In him are safely Arkt persons unclean Who grievous sinners like to thee have been Haste thou for shelter too Why this delay O soul it must be done Do it to day Wouldst thou destroy thy self shall black despair O'rewhelm and drown thee now there 's such a fair And ready passage leading to the Ark In which thousands of thousands do imbark And are conveyed to a land of rest Where neither sin nor sorrow can molest Up up for shame away to him with speed Who 's call'd a Saviour and is one indeed Do but go to him yea go at a venture Into his gracious presence all may enter He never said to any seek in vain All humble seekers shall his favour gain His promise is if any one will rise And make address to him he in no wise Will cast him off Flee thou unto his grace So he in arms of love shall thee imbrace None e're departed empty from him He Is infinitely full full out as free Haste to him therefore haste thy days do spend End thou thy danger e're thy days do end Put in thy sickle reap what he hath sown He 's not thy foe if thou be not thine own The invitation is Whoever will Let him come hither and here take his fill If thou wilt take then Christ will give believe Stretch out thy hand he will thy wants relieve He is the God of Love then to him go Thou canst not ask the thing he will not do Others have sought and found asked and had Who sinners were like thee as old as bad Their good success should ease and chear thy heart Christ will do his if thou wilt do thy part Doubt 4. From uncertainty of interest SOVL. I question still mine interest in God And cannot call him Father Mine abode Is yet in darkness I want light to read Mine Evidences by Oh! could I feed My joys with full assurance did I know That God is reconciled Christ did do And suffer all for me I soon would chase All sorrow hence and with a smiling face Look on my dearest Lord nothing should hinder His love should be the spark my heart like tinder Should quickly kindle and be all in slame With love and praises to his holy name Thrice happy Paul could say Christ dy'd for him Which fill'd his soul with joy up to the brim Did I know that my comforts would run o're I 'd sit and sing but sigh and sob no more FAITH Dost thou desire to know it Look within Is no discov'ry made then look agen Beg light from Heaven when 't is dark below Thou shalt know if thou follow on to know Christ dy'd for all in whom he lives make out His living in thee and thou needst not doubt If thou canst say O Lord my heart is thine Thou well maist say O Lord thy death is mine He enters no House but he sprinkles first The Door-posts of it with that blood which burst Out of his precious side That sincere love Which glows within thy breast came from above And is a sweet reflection of that fire And purer flame in him and doth aspire To its own Element 't will carry thee To that blest place where is no room for me Cease groundless fears God will not him deny That saith Lord give me Christ or else I dye Deal faithfully in thine own case and own With thankfulness what God for thee hath done Thou canst not choose but say many a time Christ hath himself shewn willing to be thine Thou dost accept him dost not Then all 's done The match is made and Jesus is thine own God saith wilt have my Son thou say'st yea Lord Be it to me according to thy word His Love and Law also both I would have His Peace without his Grace I do not crave I am as willing he in me should reign As that by him I happiness may gain Let this be thy return for so shall he Fill thee with grace and Heaven with such as thee Doubt 5. From inward Corruptions SOVL. With such as me believ 't who will I can't Whoever enters Heaven sure I shan't Nought that defiles shall thither come that place Is fill'd with Glory for Souls fill'd with Grace But mine is stuff'd with sin numberless evils Ill thoughts affections Legions of Devils Haunt and inhabit here Lord what a pow'r Of lusts are crawling in it every hour I never set my self to look within But I discover filthy heaps of sin Did others see what I do they with shame And scorn would shun me I disgrace that name Which graceth me Christ's holy name I bear Him I profess his Livery I wear With him I live his word I hear yet feel No yielding to him in this heart of Steel Filthy I was and so am still How can An holy Christ dwell in so soul a man Sure he his habitation sweepeth clean There are not in his Temple heaps of sin Sin dies in him that liveth therefore I Have no true life not finding sin to dye FAITH Sin is in thee But is there nothing more There may be Grace though of corruption store In midst of enemies thy Saviour reigns And of those enemies still ground he gains That mighty one hath girt his Sword to 's side And conquering to conquer he doth ride Thou feelest thy corruptions are rife Such feeling is a mercy sign of life Dead men feel nothing load them load again They do not groan they do not once complain It 's well when sin doth trouble and molest Which did thee please for Christ hath promis'd rest To heavy laden souls nor is he slack To take that burden off which galls thy back He will not pass thee by because so ill Thou art the fitter for his Sov'reign skill A good Phisician overlooks the sound And goes where sicknesses do most abound Hate and abhor thy sins thy self bemoan If sin lose love it cannot keep the throne Where 't is endear'd it lives loathed it dies Christ at one time humbles and sanctifies As for the stirrings of thy lust at most They 'r but death-pangs it shall give up the Ghost Sampson did at his death make greatest sport The Devils rage grows high when 's time is short Be thou so wise in th' case which thou art in As to discern 'twixt reign and rage of sin What speak thy bleeding heart weeping eyes Sure this that sin don't reign but tyrannize Danger of death is past because I see By these complainings sin doth die in thee Doubt 6. From want of Godly sorrow SOVL. Could I indeed mourn kindly then at last I 'd think the bitterness of death were past Could I with weeping mingle all my drink Or make my bed to swim could I so think On my corruptions as to
raise And teach a creature dumb to speak its praise Which is an argument I shall not dye The Serpent eat and dy'd not why should I Are only we restrain'd Death only found Us two to fright and keep us within bound Was this rare fruit designed for a beast And must we die the death if taste the least I 'le not believe it I will take and trie Yea and taste too although I taste and die But if when I have eaten I do live And like I will some unto Adam give ADAM My Dear where hast thou spent so many hours What work could thee detain what pleasant Could keep thee from me or what could supply bow'rs Thy Husbands room so long for certain I Did greatly miss thee and do find it true Upon this earth is nothing like to you Nor only so for I did strangely find A discomposure in my thoughts and mind Which boded ill methought a sudden blow Was given though by what hand I did not know The earth beneath did tremble and withall Off from their trees the fading leaves did fall Upon a sudden beauty left their fruit And all the pretty warbling birds stood mute Some creatures fearful grew and others fierce Their looks were stern Eve I cannot rehearse All that I did observe My blood waxt chill My heart misgave me there was something ill Had fallen out and though I had e'en wove Of choicest flowers a Garland for my love Out of my hands I threw it would not stay A minute longer but did come away In haste to find thee glad to meet thee here How dost thou feel thy self how is 't my dear EVE It never better was never so well Unless I judg amiss since I could tell What Being means Thy company indeed Most sorely I did miss and shall take heed Of future absence for I felt such pain Upon that score I would not feel again But that which me detain'd so long was this The subtle Serpent who advanced is Unto a nobler state than what he had And is of that advancement very glad Most humbly came desirous to acquaint Me with his change and did most sweetly paint In lively colours virtues of that tree Which you and I by God forbidden be A taste of This he did in humane voice With words that were most eloquent and choice This secret not being selfish but most free Others should with him share he did to me Kindly impart and withal much perswade Me for to take and eat ADAM Ah! but I hope he did perswade in vain My Dearest tell me for I am in pain To know thee issue EVE My Lord he did perswade and did prevail I saw I took I eat What wil't avail Now to deny the fact neither despise Me for what 's done much clearer are mine eyes Scales off did fall my mind is more sublime Than e're I found it was before this time My spirits are dilated my thoughts flie Hither and thither with full libertie All my affections are rais'd I do Conclude my self a kind of Goddess too ADAM My soul is troubled thou hast troubled me Who formed wast my Comforter to be Upon me hath amazement taken hold My joints are loosed all and horror cold Runs through my veins this 't is to be undone By her that is my dear and only one Oh! that I ever suffer'd thee to go Alone expos'd alone unto thy so Had I deny'd thee then I had not now Known those sad sinking sorrows which I do Lately thou wast most lovely and most sweet In thee did all create Perfections meet But now thou art defac'd thou now art lost Which will a thousand thousand sorrows cost Oh! hadst thou ne'er been made or being made Wouldst have my counsel given thee obey'd Poor ruin'd Eve for I must change my note What e're thou think'st thou art to death devote Thy wound 's incurable who can it heal God never will the sentence past repeal EVE Did I feel what thou fearest I would be Alone a victim to that Deitie Which thou supposest angry and so end All that displeasure thou dost apprehend But whence these fears I pray and pray again That thou wouldst tell me Is not the case plain The Serpent did eat first afterward I And we do live why shouldest thou then die If thou shouldst eat but grant it hadst not rather If die we must that we die both together Where is thy love or where thy noble heart Art thou afraid to die shall death us part But where where is he if his fatal blow Must cut me off why don't he strike it now Come let me hug thee in my tender arm And so infolded fear not any harm I tell thee and with twenty kisses seal The truth of these my words I ne'r did feel Such extasies of joy as did insue My tasting of that tree Taste thou it too ADAM Since thou dost give my Dear I 'le take although I 'm not deceiv'd like thee but better know I know that eating this will do me harm But I am carried captive by thy charm My flesh and bone thou hast with them my heart We two are one and therefore will not part In happiness thou didst partake with me In miseries I will partake with thee My great delight thou hast been even thou Whatever comes I will not leave thee now What though this hour I fetch my dying groan It would be death to me to live alone Or if thou die and then another come That other never would fill up thy room Let God his pleasure do I will do mine In life and death resolved to be thine Eve I have eaten and now own my love To thee which threatn'd death could not remove DEVIL Of my ends thus I master am thus I With ease have triumph'd o're mine enemy God did intend to honour dust to raise And make these despicable worms a praise A race of men he was resolv'd should spring From Adam's loins forsooth them he would bring To those coelestial places whence we fell And while we do tormenting pains in hell Suffer without all hope there they should be As favourites crown'd with felicity And that at which my spirit most recoils Is they should be enriched with our spoils And could we Angels brook it though we are Fallen and ruin'd yet we cannot bear Such an affront I gladly would have prey'd On his Imperial Throne I would invade His stately Royal Palace if that it Would but a siege or storm or myne admit But its walls are too high for me to scale It 's gate so fastned no strength can prevail To force it open there he sits secure In happiness for ever to endure Well though his lofty Throne I could not shake I now have that atchieved which will make Some breach upon his peace and spoil in part His matchless joys and grieve him to the heart I call to mind how greatly he was pleas'd VVith our confusion when he had eas'd Heaven of us as
reputation Instead of glory I must take the dress Of one that hath no form nor comeliness In form of God I am and robbery Do think it none to claim equality With him but yet I must a man become And be found in a sorry servants form Nay more if I to man would bring relief Sorrows must my familiars be and grief Mine intimate acquaintance I must be Most sorely bruis'd for his iniquity For his transgressions wounded In that day On me thou their iniquities wilt lay Yet this doth not discourage nor much more I have of love and bowels as great store As thou canst have of wrath This pleaseth me Full out as much as Vengeance pleaseth thee More thou art not displeased with his sin Than I am pleas'd Salvation him to bring Him I will draw out of the horrid pit And on a rock most sure I 'le set his feet Thy Justice honour I will so secure As that thy Mercy shall for ay endure Look on me Father then and take my word Which it's impossible for me to break great Lord Thou know'st me faithful thou dost know that I Can upon no account my self deny Look then again I here as surety stand To pay what e're thy Justice shall demand Ask what thou wilt thou canst not ask amiss Performed it shall be what e're it is Can only blood pardon procure If so Rather than not a pardon mine shall go My life I 'le give for his and part with all Which I can part with Let thine Anger fall On me thine only Son that burden I Will take to take away iniquity In all its guilt and power And that I may Be a fit object for it in the day Thou shalt appoint I will to my Godhead The Manhood joyn and so have blood to shed Blood thou canst not except against for I As man will suffer as God satisfie Let men me as a worm tread underfoot And laugh and shake the head and the lip shoot Let Bulls yea Bulls of Bashan me beset And come like hungry Lyons me to eat Let me be poured out like water and Let all my bones as dislocated stand What though my heart melted must be and I Shall have my strength like to a potsherd dry What though in sorrows thou do me immerse And cruel ones my hands and feet will pierce I 'le bear yea welcome all since thus I can Redeem from wrath poor but beloved Man Nay when I am thus brought upon the stage Let death it self spend on me all its rage Let it strike fiercely with its Iron Rod And then boast it hath kill'd the Son of God My heart is glad my glory joys also My flesh shall rest in hope because I know My precious Soul thou wilt not leave in grave I incorrupt shall resurrection have Of life the path thou wilt me shew to store Of joys and pleasures which forevermore Are in thy glorious presence Thus although I seem to yield unto that mighty foe By him to be devoured yet will I Fall like my self and a brave Conquerour die My very weakness shall much stronger be Than men and Devils Devils and men shall see I at my lowest can their pride abate And be above them in their greatest height 'Gainst man the hand-writing shall not prevail Out of the way I 'le take it and will nail It to my Cross. All adverse powers I 'le spoil And give to principalities the foil So be triumphant o're th' infernal crew And also of them all make open shew My people I will ransome from the grave From death I will them all redeemed have O cruel death even I thy plagues will be O grave I will destruction bring to thee And utterly root out mine enemies Repentance shall be hidden from mine eies In death I 'le fall that death may die by me In grave I 'le lie that graves may sweetned be To mine that shall come after I my head Will lay in dust that dust may prove a bed Of fragrant Roses yielding to them rest Who by sin were ty'rd out by world opprest Yea that same death which was brought in by Sin And was intended only to have been A way to Hell shall through my dying-love For mine be made the way to joys above A way to Heav'n for them I will it make When out of grave I shall rise for their sake As their head and first fruits I will disarm Death of its sting that it shall do no harm To mine As victor then in triumph high I I will captive lead captivity And to my Chariot-wheels will firmly bind All those mine Enemies who were combin'd Me to disgrace mine to destroy attend My triumph as slaves they shall when I ascend In clouds to Heaven and direct my course Father with gladness unto thee the source And spring of happiness when I will sit On thy right hand until under my feet My foes by thee be brought At length I will Descend again in state and so fulfil My joys and thy Decrees Father I 'le go Waited upon by Angels who shall blow And by their mighty breath that Trumpet sound Whose noise shall rough the Seas and shake the ground And make them both surrender up my dead Who with those living then shall me their Head Follow into thy presence where I shall Resign my Scepter that God all in all May be Father this I 'le perform and thus We shall rejoyce in them and they in Us. GOD. None could have spoken thus but He that is The brightness of my glory the express Image of mine own person in whom be All the perfections of the Deity My Son thou art my most beloved Son In whom I am well-pleas'd mine only one My works I took delight in because good Much more in man mine image while he stood Nor am I so incensed by his fall As utterly to ruin him and all Who shall of him proceed Now he is lost I am resolv'd to be at much more cost For his to be admired Restauration Than ever I was at for his Creation I made him with my word alone but will Ransome him with thy life and thereby fill Both Heaven and Earth with wonder that I part With thee who art so near unto my heart For man's Redemption I do not care What charges I am at I will not spare For cost but freely will deliver up Thee unto death and mingle such a cup For thee to drink as never one did taste For bitterness and yet I will no waste Admit of though it wormwood be and gall My pleasure is thou drink it dregs and all But thine own love will sweeten it for I Know for man's sake thou lovest to deny Thy glorious self and never wilt repine To shed thy blood so man may have the wine And as thy love doth prompt thee so I do Set everlasting joy before thee too For thy encouragement A just regard Shall be had to thee and a full reward Shall crown thy
of Death too for that sprung from thee EVE My Lord I have transgrest and do with tears Confess my fault Oh let thy gracious ears To my request incline and let the heat Of kindled wrath abate now at thy feet I prostrate lye God knows my heart is thine My Love and high esteem whate're is mine Through my means true is is thou art accurst But know the Serpent hath beguil'd me first Dost think I would have done 't had I foreseen What would the consequence thereof have been Oh! pity me dear Adam for I do My crime acknowledg and bewail it too And if that such intreaties might have sped I 'd beg the punishment upon my Head Might wholly light and God would thee restore To all the happiness thou hadst before On those terms welcome sorrow welcom pain I all would freely bear of none complain Be kind unto me Adam me forgive My great offence and let me with thee live Broken my heart is multipli'd my fears My sighs consider and observe my tears In this my sore distress do not me leave Me a part of thy self do not bereave Of thine advice and aid A look give down A look of love on her who is thine own ADAM Here 't is my Dearest for thee come arise And those o'reflowing tears wipe from thine eyes Which my displeasure caus'd alas that is The least effect of what thou didst amiss His wrath I dread whom we provoked have And from that wrath I gladly would thee save By bearing all my self I 'd loudly cry Let Eve live in thy sight and let me dye But this discourse is vain though I am loath To see thy miseries yet since we both Have sinned both must suffer and feel smart Our Judges sentence carv'd us both our part What then remains but that we study do Love to each other how to shew it too In all ways possible for so may we Somewhat alleviate our misery EVE My Lord with thankfulness I do admire Thy love to me just object of thine ire Which great and undeserved love doth raise Hope toward God that we shall speak his praise For if man thus forgiveth how much rather Will he forgive of Mercy who 's the Father ADAM Most sweet these words dear Consort and my mind Gives me that we and ours shall favour find In the eyes of our God Methought there did Great comfort lye in th' very sentence hid A sudden death was look'd for but lo He In stead of death only impos'd on thee Travailing sorrows And it 's richly worth Considering thou Children shalt bring forth For all those pains and when a Child thou hast Forget thou wilt all sorrows that were past In stead of me our Judg did curse the ground Which now will grow more wild and will abound With thorns and thistles It s face will be marr'd With vexing weeds so I must labour hard But sleep by labour will be made more sweet And I by labour shall get bread to eat But above all this hath my comforts fed One day thy seed shall bruise the Serpents head On these encouragements let us both fly Unto his mercy-seat and there let 's lye Cover'd with shame and drown'd with tears let 's now Before him like poor malefactors bow Of this our sin let full confessions Mixed with fervent supplications Ascend before his Throne He may relent And mercy shew unto us penitent It is the only way to scape the Rod Humbly to seek our refuge in our God SON of GOD. Father the Sentence I have past Thy will And pleasuâ—e therein I did all fulfill Nor have I finished that work alone But from th' offenders took their heart of stone And gave them one of flesh so that they melt For now the burden of their sin is felt Yea more behold they pray and sue for grace Nothing will please them but thy pleased face As Priest their names upon my breast I bear And now an Advocate for them appear Presenting their requests all incens'd and With Intercession back them Let thy Hand Of Love reach out a Pardon Let them obtain Thy choicest favour for my sake again From those deep sighs rising from hearts opprest And kindly broke smell a savour of Rest. Now that they seek thee be thou of them found And where Sin hath let Grace much more abound Despise them not who unto thee do fly If thou dost them thou shalt me too deny I will their sins for ever take away For their offences I by death will pay What is done I would not have thee undo Most highly it becomes thee to be true Unto thy righteous threats They did forsake Thy Law and thy Commandments did break And visited let their transgressions be With Rods and with stripes their iniquity Let their own wickedness correction give And backslidings reprove them while they live May they and theirs by sad experience know It is an evil thing and bitter too That they forsook God and made it appear By that departure they cast off his fear Yet thine own purposes of Grace fulfill Do thou them good and be their Father still Some sign of favour give them Let them see That thou art reconcil'd with them in me GOD. Be it my Son according to thy will Whatever thou hast spoken I 'le fulfill In thee I reconciled am and can For thy sake pardon all the sins of man He shall be sure to feel my smarting Rod Yet I will be to him a loving God When thou art suitor what shall not be done What 's too much for thy Intercession Which I know thou wilt ever live to make With me in Heaven for poor Sinners sake Therefore to th' utmost thou shalt Saviour be Unto all those that come to God by thee Who shall be happy Go ye Angels then And Peace proclaim on Earth Good will to men ANGEL Adam I hither come Tydings to bring From our and your Creator Heavens King Unto thy Pray'rs he hath inclin'd his ear Although a sinner thou to him art dear Upon thy sin Death might have seizure made And if it had done 't thou must have obey'd Its summons but behold there 's a reprieve Which Grace hath issu'd forth and thou shalt live Many and many days that thou thereby When e're Death comes mai'st be prepar'd to die Unto thy Makers pleasure it is fit Having offended humbly thou submit Bad will be mixt with good thy days will be Sunshine and cloudy God lays out for thee Sore trials But of sin do thou repent And learn in every state to be content One called Abr'am shall from thee descend Whom God will own and honour as his Friend From him in David's line also shall spring The promised Messiah Zions King Born of a Virgin overshadow'd by The Holy Ghost power of the most High He upon David's Throne shall sit full sure His Kingdom shall for evermore endure From Gentiles he thick darkness shall dispell And be the Glory of his Israel He out